Rivalry leaderboard
Ohio State-Penn State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 78/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 40
- Series record
- Ohio State 26-14 Penn State
- Tracked years
- 1912-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2017Week 9
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 38, Ohio State 39
Winner: Ohio State
No. 2 Penn State vs. No. 6 Ohio State · 1-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
78
Game score
Highlight · 2017 Ohio State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1997Week 8
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 27, Penn State 31
Winner: Penn State
No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Penn State · 4-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
74
Game score
- 2024Week 10
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 20, Penn State 13
Winner: Ohio State
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Penn State · 7-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
73
Game score
Highlight · 2024 Penn State vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2018Week 5
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 27, Penn State 26
Winner: Ohio State
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Penn State · 1-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
73
Game score
Highlight · 2018 Penn State vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2023Week 8
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 12, Ohio State 20
Winner: Ohio State
No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 8-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
Highlight · 2023 Ohio State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1975Week 3
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 9, Ohio State 17
Winner: Ohio State
No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 8-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 1976Week 3
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 12, Penn State 7
Winner: Ohio State
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 11 Penn State · 5-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
69
Game score
- 2008Week 9
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 13, Ohio State 6
Winner: Penn State
No. 3 Penn State vs. No. 10 Ohio State · 7-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
Full Game · 2008 Ohio State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1995Week 7
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 28, Penn State 25
Winner: Ohio State
No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 Penn State · 3-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 2019Week 13
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 17, Ohio State 28
Winner: Ohio State
No. 9 Penn State vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 11-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
Full Game · 2019 Ohio State vs. Penn State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2002Week 10
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 7, Ohio State 13
Winner: Ohio State
No. 18 Penn State vs. No. 4 Ohio State · 6-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1956Week 6
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 7, Ohio State 6
Winner: Penn State
No. 18 Penn State vs. No. 9 Ohio State · 1-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 2016Week 8
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 21, Penn State 24
Winner: Penn State
No. 2 Ohio State vs. Unranked Penn State · 3-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
Full Game · 2016 Penn State vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1998Week 6
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 9, Ohio State 28
Winner: Ohio State
No. 13 Penn State vs. No. 1 Ohio State · 19-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1993Week 10
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 6, Ohio State 24
Winner: Ohio State
No. 12 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 18-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1999Week 8
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 10, Penn State 23
Winner: Penn State
No. 18 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Penn State · 13-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1980PostseasonNeutral site
Ohio State vs. Penn State
Ohio State 19, Penn State 31
Winner: Penn State
No. 11 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Penn State · 12-point margin
Ranking 31/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 2003Week 11
Ohio State at Penn State
Ohio State 21, Penn State 20
Winner: Ohio State
No. 8 Ohio State vs. Unranked Penn State · 1-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1996Week 7
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 7, Ohio State 38
Winner: Ohio State
No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 31-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 4/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1978Week 3
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 19, Ohio State 0
Winner: Penn State
No. 3 Penn State vs. No. 16 Ohio State · 19-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.